Governor Asks Record Budget of 648 Million
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche seeks a $648.46 million two year budget for general funds and earmarked accounts to fund schools aged pensions welfare and state services. The plan limits new taxes and hopes to hold expenditures near the 1948 level with a surplus reserve and future capital outlay to come later.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Senate House
Lausche
H. D. Defenbacher
Senate
House Finance Committee
House
Lausche backs mine safety bill in Ohio
Governor Frank J. Lausche expressed support for a proposed mine safety bill introduced by Sen. Arthur Blake. He praised collaboration between United Mine Workers District 6 and the Ohio Coal Association Safety Advisory Committee and urged swift legislative action to regulate inspect and supervise mines to prevent disasters.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Arthur Blake
Belmont
United Mine Workers of America District 6
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio
Ohio liquor permit applications total 1668
The Ohio Liquor Department reported 1668 sales permit applications on hand January 26 after a freeze. Of these, 1281 were on file when the new chief took over January 10 and 387 arrived before the freeze. All applications after January 26 were returned.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Department
Francis K. Cole
Cole
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Reprieve Refused for Cincinnati Slayer Adams
Gov. Frank Lausche refused to spare Asbell Adams from the electric chair set for April 8 at the Ohio Penitentiary for the January 23 1948 cab driver murder in Cincinnati. He granted a reprieve to Charles Sparks until August 4 noting Sparks tuberculosis and expected natural death within months.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Asbell Adams
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
Adams
James Case
Charles Sparks
Sparks
Local metal dealer cites salvaging value of wrecked car bodies
Area notes a metals dealer explains why thousands of wrecked cars remain in yards. He says refits salvageable steel, but lack of compressors prevents baling. In Mason County early strawberries are killed. peaches and cherries safe so far. A Meigs County farmer advocates marking rural road intersections with student club help.
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Snards
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Meigs County
Meigs
Prosecutor Sets Date Of License Bribe Case
Columbus prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett set April 25 for the trial opening of A. E. Oppenheimer and Hugh H. Ruel on charges of soliciting and accepting bribes from liquor license applicants. Oppenheimer was chief permit examiner in the State Liquor Department under the Herbert administration. Ruel is a retired farmer and Scioto County Republican chairman.
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Columbus
Ralph J. Bartlett
A. E. Oppenheimer
Hugh H. Ruel
Portsmouth
Oppenheimer
State Liquor Department
Herbert
Ruel
Scioto County
Veteran dancer Jimmy Russo dies of heart attack in hotel
Pittsburgh obituary notes vaudeville era star Jimmy Russo aged 67 was found dead in a hotel room from a heart attack. The former tap dancer gained fame during vaudeville and entertained audiences in his prime.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy Russo
Election Law Revision Up for Vote in Senate
Ohio lawmakers consider sweeping changes to election law in the Senate. The measure would count ballots where voter intent is clear and disallow non X marks. It also limits write in candidates and adjusts petition and ballot rules. House actions include three year auto licenses and a highway naming bill.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio
State
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
State Fund County Central
State Central
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
House
Frank J. Lausche
Driver Fined In Fatality Case In Portsmouth
George Roberts, 42, pleaded guilty in municipal court to leaving the scene after a 38 year old housewife, Callie Atkinson, died from a fall from his car. Judge Kenneth Cranston fined him 100 dollars and costs and ordered 90 days in jail. Police say Roberts admitted driving the vehicle and that he and Atkinson were en route to a tavern.
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Portsmouth
George Roberts
Hughie Rudity
Kenneth Cranston
Roberts
Callie Atkinson
Rudity
250 Persons Claim Kinship in Estate
Walton A. Woodling an Akron attorney said at least 60 relatives would be named on a petition to determine heirs to the 902000 dollar estate of Miss Frances Louis Butler. More than 250 have claimed kinship. The 83 year old recluse died in a cluttered Akron hotel room last January and was buried yesterday in Mt View Cemetery family plot in Clean.
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Clean
N. Y
Walton A. Woodling
Akron
Frances Louis Butler
Mt. View Cemetery
Meteor Shocks Utah and Idaho Residents
Residents in Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho reported seeing a ball of fire described as a shooting star about the size of a football. Peace officers later observed puffs of smoke resembling anti-aircraft fire over Trenton Utah and Lewiston Utah in mid afternoon.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Trenton
Lewiston
The Rabbit Is Bored With Experiments And Snoring
Dr. G Williams of the University of Pennsylvania notes his brown rabbit snores during cancer cell observations. The rabbit, used to the routine, naps as the microscope moves, causing the professor to joke rabbits are easily bored.
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Philadelphia
G. Williams
University of Pennsylvania
Williams
Illinois hospital fire toll climbs to about eighty
The Effingham hospital blaze killed an estimated 80 with 46 identified and 13 newborns among the dead. 34 still missing and 55 survivors were reported as authorities searched ruined St Anthonys Hospital officials, guarded by National Guardsmen, probed the cause amid a possible laundry chute origin. Governor Stevenson ordered a hospital fire safety review statewide.
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Effingham
Ill
St. Anthony's Hospital
Helen Wiseman
Order of St. Francis
Red Cross
Fred Wilkins
Wilkins
Illinois
Cleveland Clinic
George W. Crile
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Four Die as Fire Strikes Northbrook Home
A suburban Chicago fire swept through a 10 room brick house in Northbrook late Tuesday night killing a husband, wife, and two young brothers. A nine year old girl was saved by her father who died trying to rescue them.
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Chicago
Northbrook
Soviet and West Clash in U N Over Mindszenty Case
The United Nations opened with East West tension over Hungary and Bulgaria churchmen as Andrei Gromyko prepared to attack the Atlantic Pact. Secretary Acheson defended the pact and met Gromyko in a photographed handshake.
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New York
Russia
U. N
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Bulgaria
Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
Acheson
Gromyko
VFW Marks 50th Anniversary With Leaders in Columbus
The Veterans of Foreign Wars celebrated its gold anniversary in Columbus with state and national leaders. George Kelly, 87, of Cleveland, one of the five Spanish War veterans who helped found the Ohio VFW in 1899, attended the banquet. four others could not attend due to illness.
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Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George Kelly
Cleveland
VFW
Ohio
Exams Announced to Fill VA Positions
Examinations to fill positions as readjustment allowance agent and assistant, physical medicine rehabilitation service executive assistant and biochemist have been announced by the U S Civil Service Examiners. Salaries of the posts, listed as being with the Veterans Administration, are from 3727.20 to 7432.20 a year, with applications and further information in the hands of W H Oldfield, the commission's local secretary, in the post office.
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U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Veterans Administration
W. H. Oldfield
Commission
Hamden Man Killed In Train Truck Crash
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed after colliding with a truck on the Dayton outskirts. Bernard Paul Smith 35 of Hamden was killed, trapped in the locomotive cab. truck driver Osborn C. Coleman 39 jumped to safety. Engineer W H Silvey 48 and Fireman F T Seaburg escaped injury. The crash occurred at 5:90 am and several cars overturned.
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Bernard Paul Smith
Hamden
Vinton County
Osborn C. Coleman
Indianapolis
W. H. Silvey
Dayton
F. T. Seaburg
Silvey
Ingle Defense Questions Confession in Double Slaying Trial
Bryan up. The first degree murder trial of 15 year old Ervin Arthur Ingle continues as state witnesses expected to testify today. Prosecutors allege Ingle killed Mr Gabriel and Mrs Gabriel to steal their car for a high school dance. The defense questions the signed confession claiming fear and nervousness influenced Ingle. Classmate Don Smith testified he supplied two bullets for the .22 caliber gun.
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Bryan
Ervin Arthur
Bud) Ingle
John Gabriel
Ingle
Tru man Plan Aims Surplus Crop Shift To Meat Dairy
The Tru man administration plans to present a farm program to Congress that shifts millions of surplus cotton wheat peanuts and other cash crops into grass pastures and hay. The aim is to boost livestock numbers and lower meat and dairy retail prices without price supports for these products.
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Washington
Truman Administration
Congress
House Tackles State Justice Commerce Appropriation
The House moves on the annual State Justice Commerce appropriation bill as it targets an Easter recess. It passed the Agriculture measure yesterday and awaits final touches on a catch-all deficiency bill totaling about 100 million dollars for the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Prison Barber Trusty Walks Out at Pen
Clay Sims 47 of Paden City West Virginia, personal barber to Warden Alvis and an honor dormitory trusty at the Ohio State Penitentiary, escaped last night. Sims is serving a life term for the August 8 1930 slaying of John Convert at Cat's Creek near Marietta and would have been eligible for parole in June 1951.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Clay Sims
Paden City
W. Va
R. W. Alvis
Sims
John Convert
Cat's Creek
Marietta
Burning of Boy's Hand Lands Ohio Man 90 Days
Howard Davis, 26, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $100 for holding his eight year old stepson John’s hands to an open flame. He said the boy stole money from his parents’ purses and he wanted to punish him.
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Alliance
Howard Davis
Davis
John
Banker Faces Charge Of Million Dollar Theft
Richard H. Crowe 41, assistant manager at National City Bank Broadway Branch in New York City, faces charges for allegedly taking nearly one million dollars from his bank. He will return to New York in federal custody after disappearance of cash and bonds.
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Tampa
Fla
New York
Richard H. Crowe
Broadway
National City Bank
Robbers Take $998 From Akron Finance Branch
Two holdup men entered the Household Finance Corp downtown in Akron and told the manager they wished to discuss a car deal before robbing the branch of $998 on Tuesday.
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Akron
Household Finance Corp
Vote on European Recovery Program Delayed in Senate
Republican Wherry of Nebraska pushes for final Senate passage of the 580 million European Recovery Program as delays persist from Democratic leaders and Republican blockers. Session sees clashes over Indonesia tests and postwar Germany policies with Langer and Taft exchanges.
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Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Lateas
Ilinola
Lucas
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
BCA
Indonesia
United Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pepper
D-Fia
Brewster
R-Me
Marshall Mianald
Netherlands
Langer
R-Nd
Taft
Dale
Germany
Acetylene Blast Kills Two Men at Cambridge Shop
An acetylene tank failure caused a blast at Ohio Fuel Gas Co welding shop in Cambridge killing Hubert Hughes, 55, and William Armstrong, 31. Clarence Thompson, 22, and another worker were injured as debris shattered a greenhouse and damaged several homes within blocks. Officials reported safety plugs remained in all tanks, with one tank splitting along its side.
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Cambridge
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Hubert Hughes
Route 5
Camb
William Armstrong
Byenville
Clarence Thompson
Jewel collection of Evalyn Walsh McLean sold to Harry Winston
The late Evalyn Walsh McLean's jewelry collection, including the 44% carat Hope Diamond, was sold to Harry Winston of New York City for over $1,000,000. Winston described the 74-piece collection as the most remarkable ever sold.
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New York
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Harry Winston
New York City
Fire Hazards Found In Third Of Ohio Schools
Ohio inspectors identified fire hazards in more than one third of 636 colleges, universities, and public and parochial schools. Authorities ordered 45 buildings at colleges and universities and 169 schools to eliminate hazards, citing inadequate exits, fire escapes, alarms, and wiring. The survey followed the Kenyon College dormitory fire that killed nine students.
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Columbus
Albert A. Waldman
Waldman
National Electric Code
National Board of Underwriters
Robert A. Skipton
Kenyon College
Skipton
Voutu Wes
Cumterts Au
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